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. >> now, when it came to negotiations on the debt ceiling deal those came down to the wire. we saw the same thing with the fiscal cliff that didn't get resolved until after the deadline had passed and the sequester was supposed to take effect in january, but it got pushed to march. i have to ask you as a member of congress, why does congress put everything to the last minute, right down to the wire. is there a procedural reason for that? a tactical reason? >> it's like poker. you wait until you get the last card in order to find out whether you think you can win or not and then you normally assess what happens if you lose. but when you have a handful of people that can't lose and they want to win and if they stop government they've won and they don't feel the pain like it's their mom or their kids that are losing. they believe that their conservatism is enough to be a patriot to bring their own party down, but to bring the country down with it. and so i heard you say that we'll do this over and over again until people are numb, but even with russian roulette, there is a live
. >> now, when it came to negotiations on the debt ceiling deal those came down to the wire. we saw the same thing with the fiscal cliff that didn't get resolved until after the deadline had passed and the sequester was supposed to take effect in january, but it got pushed to march. i have to ask you as a member of congress, why does congress put everything to the last minute, right down to the wire. is there a procedural reason for that? a tactical reason? >> it's like poker. you...
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ceiling crisis. i think it will be more of the same. like muddle through without that, you know, cathartic relief from all the fiscal uncertainty. but neither a catastrophe. >> all right. and stocks continue to run on monetary fumes as greg said. greg, thank you again for your time. great to see you this morning. >> all right. thanks, kelly. >>> the major news event in europe, the italian elections on sunday. italy's caretaker prime minister mario monty has come out swinging again the former premier, silvio berlusconi, saying he didn't maintain promises made in the past and that the new governor could govern well. this as the foul mouthed comedian/politician whipped a route into a frenzy into a rally in milan:we have more. >> reporter: supporters of the five-star movement out in force. some estimates suggest up to 100,000 people gathered in the square to hear him speak. he was treated like a rock star by the supporters that surrounded him as he left his camper van, the tsunami tour is what he's alleg
ceiling crisis. i think it will be more of the same. like muddle through without that, you know, cathartic relief from all the fiscal uncertainty. but neither a catastrophe. >> all right. and stocks continue to run on monetary fumes as greg said. greg, thank you again for your time. great to see you this morning. >> all right. thanks, kelly. >>> the major news event in europe, the italian elections on sunday. italy's caretaker prime minister mario monty has come out...
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if we don't resolve some of the debt ceiling and some of spending cuts and get into some of the fiscal order that you were talking about, we are going to have that wait on us. and even though you proposed a lot of hope with japan in terms of some of the political leadership, they are still at negative growth was 7%. so now you're up to 50% or so of world gdp that is a drag on the economy. how do you look at the broadest sense of contagion as it relates to emerging market growth, developing country growth with 50% of world gdp possibly in a situation? >> i think the trade figures tell it all. whether you agree with the figure on growth or not. i think the trade figures show what's happening. and there's no doubt picking one of the countries you mentioned, china. i mean, china for the last 20 years has been double-digit growth. last year they had one of the worst years in recent memory. we'll see the final figures coming out. it didn't get below 7%. but when you move from double-digit down to seven something percent, and one of the major drivers of that was their largest export market is
if we don't resolve some of the debt ceiling and some of spending cuts and get into some of the fiscal order that you were talking about, we are going to have that wait on us. and even though you proposed a lot of hope with japan in terms of some of the political leadership, they are still at negative growth was 7%. so now you're up to 50% or so of world gdp that is a drag on the economy. how do you look at the broadest sense of contagion as it relates to emerging market growth, developing...
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that is why republicans caved on the debt ceiling. that is why they will cave on some of these other fiscal things going forward. it is up to the voters to make this happen. the politicians just react to the pressures. host: steve mcmahon, a co- founder of purple strategies, and also a media strategist for democratic campaigns. thank you so much for joining us. david winston, a brief thought? guest: if look at what newt gingrich did and bill clinton did, balancing the budget, getting unemployment under four%, bill clinton and newt gingrich laid out that pattern. i wish president obama would engage the house republicans the way bill clinton did. host: david winston, a republican strategist, you can hear his election analysis on cbs news. coming up next, we will look at the executive order the president signed last week with larry clinton of the internet security alliance. then our next guest will be an expert on nuclear weapons, who will talk about which nations have nuclear capabilities. all of that after this break. ♪ >> we have a
that is why republicans caved on the debt ceiling. that is why they will cave on some of these other fiscal things going forward. it is up to the voters to make this happen. the politicians just react to the pressures. host: steve mcmahon, a co- founder of purple strategies, and also a media strategist for democratic campaigns. thank you so much for joining us. david winston, a brief thought? guest: if look at what newt gingrich did and bill clinton did, balancing the budget, getting...